Melissa Wuske, Book Reviewer

"Growing Influence" is a powerful, friendly, and wholly atypical leadership book focused on achieving balance. Stacy Ennis and Ron Price’s narrative-driven business book "Growing Influence" is aimed at helping leaders grow at work and... Read More

"113 Days" is a memoir as well as an invitation to grow in understanding what it’s like to live with mental illness. Bradley Good’s memoir of mental illness, "113 Days", falls to rock bottom and then climbs back to health. How did I... Read More

Six by Ten: Stories from Solitary, edited by Mateo Hoke and Taylor Pendergrass, compels change by giving a voice to the voiceless. Solitary confinement is one of the dirty little secretes of America’s criminal justice system; sure,... Read More

Haley Stewart’s compelling "The Grace of Enough" follows the author’s family as they make the switch to living with less stuff and more life. Stewart and her husband, who were working hard to maintain a lifestyle that was not... Read More

Ruth Haley Barton’s refreshing "Invitation to Retreat" gives guidance to Christians longing for more time with God. Modern life is harried, to say the least. Yet people resist taking advantage of retreats because of misconceptions... Read More

In "Off the Rails", Burrowes recalls how she and her husband thought they were living a near-perfect life—until their fifteen-year-old daughter, Hannah, became addicted to opioids and her life spun out of control. Theirs is a nightmare... Read More

Grandparents who are the primary caregivers for their grandchildren live incredibly complex lives. Their beautiful tapestry of self-sacrifice is laced with legal difficulties, children’s mental and emotional challenges, guilt and... Read More

Stephanie Tourles’s Essential Oils: A Beginner’s Guide demystifies the world of oils and unlocks their benefits. Essential oils are a current trend backed by age-old wisdom and timeless benefits. They are an appealing solution to... Read More